UEFA Euro 2008 [metacritic] - this is the mid year EA soccer game, complimenting FIFA 08, but it's reviewed as an improved version of FIFA and not just a roster update. Issues within this year's FIFA gameplay have been addressed and the EA trademark single player story mode has been vastly fleshed out. The $50 price, $10 off of FIFA, is a nice touch. I don't know that it's a must buy if you've already bought a soccer game this year, but then if you're hardcore enough to buy two games in a year, you'll probably be happy with it. You should definitely be getting this one over FIFA if you haven't got any.

SingStar (and double mic bundle) [metacritic] - Karaoke game, obviously, requiring you to match words and pitch. This was released last winter in Europe and seems to have caught on well there, helped a lot by a feature that, if you have a PSEye, allows you to save a :25 clip of you singing easily uploading to a video/social network site. The game is intended to be a multiplayer party game - there's no internet versus play. This is very similar to the Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore game - both sell additional songs for $1.50, though SongStar gives you the video as well - and the SongStar game seems to be better reviewed and your better choice for drunk karaoke without having to leave home.

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian [metacritic] - I can find all of one review for this game - IGN - which says it's a fine enough game for young fans of the movie, but you have no idea what's going on if you haven't seen the movie and it's pretty basic game play.

Haze [metacritic] - heavily hyped PS3 exclusive FPShooter apparently is actually not that good. There's a bit of backlash against it's own hype - it's an ordinary shooter, but it was promised to be extraordinary - but genuine problems to backup the complaints. It is a rare FPS with an actual coherent storyline (though critics vary on how good it actually is), but the long scene setting rendered bits end up distracting from the game and the gameplay itself does not have the same depth. Graphics aren't up to PS3 level and elements of the later stages seem incomplete. Multiplayer is okay, but not enough to save this from being a disappointment. There are good ideas surrounded by lots of problems.

The silver lining here about this (6th? Atari era, NES era, SNES, N64/PS1, PS2/XBox, Xbox360/PS3/wii) console era is if you're disappointed with one shooter, you only need to wait a moment for another. (Like next week's only game.)a

Elsewhere, I was discussing how I'm not sure if I want to get a Wii, because it only seems like there's a really great game every couple months and then nothing else. Not sure the alternative of lots of 'eh' is so much better, now that I write about it.